USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Pikes Peak was by far the best-known feature in the region, and it became a beacon that drew as many as 100, 000 prospectors, many bearing the slogan, “Pikes Peak or Bust, ” to the goldfields in 1859–60.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rush was exemplified by the slogan “Pike’s Peak or Bust!", a reference to the prominent mountain at the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains that guided many early prospectors to the region westward over the Great Plains. The prospectors provided the first major European-American population in the region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Approaching the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains during his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a distant mountain peak that looks “like a small blue cloud.” The mountain was later named Pike’s Peak in his honor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pikes Peak is the 31st highest peak out of 54 Colorado peaks. It is the farthest east of the big peaks in the Rocky Mountain chain, which contributed to its early fame among explorers, pioneers and immigrants and made it the symbol of the 1859 Gold Rush to Colorado with the slogan, “Pikes Peak or Bust".

Detailed explanation-5: -Pikes Peak was a visible geographic landmark for gold miners during the 1850s and 1860s. During this time, an estimated 100, 000 people moved to Colorado in search of gold. Their migration led to the coining of the phrase “Pikes Peak or Bust”.